Delaware River RR

Steam Locomotive #142 on an excursion train on the Delaware River Railroad at Phillipsburg, NJ. This locomotive, a 2-8-2 Mikado, was built in China at the Tangshan Locomotive Works in 1989, and purchased from the Valley Railroad of Connecticut in 1999 by the New York, Susquehanna & Western RR, under the leadership of Walter Rich, one of those rare examples of a railfan who was a railroad president. Mr. Rich died tragically in 2007 at the age of 61, and the Susquehanna subsequently sold #142 to the Delaware River operation.

Photo by Steve Kalka

Comments

  • Paul Payton on 2014-Oct-27 04:42:12 Paul Payton said

    142 is a great locomotive; I've ridden behind it on the Susquehanna (Lincoln Tunnel to Warwick) and on the Bel-Del. I've heard the Delaware River Railroad is now running a bit farther south, to (near) Riegelsville; they also keep the line cleared with "a good haircut" down to Milford, just north of the railhead. I'd love to be able to ride there, especially behind steam!

Photo info

  • Title: Delaware River RR
  • Description: Steam Locomotive #142 on an excursion train on the Delaware River Railroad at Phillipsburg, NJ. This locomotive, a 2-8-2 Mikado, was built in China at the Tangshan Locomotive Works in 1989, and purchased from the Valley Railroad of Connecticut in 1999 by the New York, Susquehanna & Western RR, under the leadership of Walter Rich, one of those rare examples of a railfan who was a railroad president. Mr. Rich died tragically in 2007 at the age of 61, and the Susquehanna subsequently sold #142 to the Delaware River operation.

    Photo by Steve Kalka
  • File name: 246DRS.jpg
  • Owner: nyrre.org
  • Dimensions: 807 x 605 px